( Peter can honestly see how this information might be a bit weird to process. )
Yeah, you just lie as flat as possible. That's it, that's the challenge Though some people got really creative with it.... I found a little video
( He sends a short compilation of planking photos to Varian..... He can't help laughing softly to himself at this. )
Internet Culture is truly wild... Even people's hobbies get turned into memes. Nobody takes anything seriously and yet everyone takes everything way too seriously
You should totally try planking some time, though. Since you like physics and stuff
( Some of these poses seem to challenge the laws of physics... It makes him think about that guy Isaac Newton and his quote about gravity or his apple or whatever )
[It's so weird, he's never felt so ancient as he does right at this very second. The video, while still utterly bananas does at least provide a little more context for the whole...laying down thing. And Peter's right, there is an element of science there, and Varian does love physics. And stuff.]
I don't think I'll ever understand internet culture. I DEFINITELY don't get memes. Fern keeps trying to explain them to me and I really don't get them.
...But okay, fair point. It would be interesting to see how the distribution of body weight would make the...planking possible. The video helped. My weight is distributed kinda weird now with the leg, but that doesn't mean I can't get other people to do it.
[Yeah he's missed the point and turned it into a science project with a volunteer.]
I'm just now realising how difficult it must be to both describe and explain what a meme really is Shit The best way I can say it is that it's kind of like.... an inside joke. One that has to do with something that was like socially relevant at the time But that's also probably not the best way to say it at all
( What an absolutely helpful description, Peter. 10/10 )
Oh dang that's actually really interesting though? Like seeing how different types of people might.... plank If you ever need a volunteer, I'll do it
Yeha, I've had it explained to me like that in the past. An inside joke. I guess I just don't have the right... context for them? I guess it would be like me trying to get any of you guys from the future to understand the intricate code of conduct in Court.
(It's boring, by the way).
Great, thanks. Once we're all a little more settled in this place, I might give that a try. For science!
( He has no idea what goes down in the kind of Court Varian is talking about, but he's thinking of like... what he's seen in movies and the Renaissance Fair and stuff. Like in medieval courts... Is Varian's time even considered "medieval?" Peter's.... not sure. Just two teens from opposite ends of the timeline struggling to understand each other's worlds, here. )
Yeah dude, hit me up for it any time if you wanna Planking is probably the one viral challenge I'd actually be good at
Uh. No. We don't have jesters anymore that was a real long time ago. This is more... nobles and people coming to speak to the royals? Also sometimes includes fancy parties and knowing who you can and can't speak to and suchlike. Like I said, it's boring.
[They're trying their best here, they really are. ]
Aww, I'm sure you'd be great at plenty, but yeah. Lying face-down and semi-comatose definitely seems up your alley.
[Just gentle, loving shit talk, it's how you know he cares. ]
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Yeah, you just lie as flat as possible. That's it, that's the challenge
Though some people got really creative with it.... I found a little video
( He sends a short compilation of planking photos to Varian..... He can't help laughing softly to himself at this. )
Internet Culture is truly wild... Even people's hobbies get turned into memes. Nobody takes anything seriously and yet everyone takes everything way too seriously
You should totally try planking some time, though. Since you like physics and stuff
( Some of these poses seem to challenge the laws of physics... It makes him think about that guy Isaac Newton and his quote about gravity or his apple or whatever )
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I don't think I'll ever understand internet culture. I DEFINITELY don't get memes. Fern keeps trying to explain them to me and I really don't get them.
...But okay, fair point. It would be interesting to see how the distribution of body weight would make the...planking possible. The video helped. My weight is distributed kinda weird now with the leg, but that doesn't mean I can't get other people to do it.
[Yeah he's missed the point and turned it into a science project with a volunteer.]
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Shit
The best way I can say it is that it's kind of like.... an inside joke. One that has to do with something that was like socially relevant at the time
But that's also probably not the best way to say it at all
( What an absolutely helpful description, Peter. 10/10 )
Oh dang that's actually really interesting though?
Like seeing how different types of people might.... plank
If you ever need a volunteer, I'll do it
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(It's boring, by the way).
Great, thanks. Once we're all a little more settled in this place, I might give that a try. For science!
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( He has no idea what goes down in the kind of Court Varian is talking about, but he's thinking of like... what he's seen in movies and the Renaissance Fair and stuff. Like in medieval courts... Is Varian's time even considered "medieval?" Peter's.... not sure. Just two teens from opposite ends of the timeline struggling to understand each other's worlds, here. )
Yeah dude, hit me up for it any time if you wanna
Planking is probably the one viral challenge I'd actually be good at
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[They're trying their best here, they really are. ]
Aww, I'm sure you'd be great at plenty, but yeah. Lying face-down and semi-comatose definitely seems up your alley.
[Just gentle, loving shit talk, it's how you know he cares. ]